Volume: CBÉ 0106
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0106, Page 302
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“There was a man lived near Carrigbyrnne by the name of Tom Gleeson ”
There was a man lived near Carrigbyrnne by the name of Tom Gleeson. He got married into a place and the wife had a big farm of land. They were married for seven years but had no children. Then a son was born to them, and tehy christened him Jim. Jim got to be a very witty little fellow but he never grew to be any size, and he knew everything that was going on for miles and miles around. He was a "fright" at cards before he was four years old, and has all the [?] your could mention. He would run up the wall of the house and kick the loft, or run up the side of a rick of hay on to the top of it. He was always doing tricks of the most dangerous kind, and his mother was always in dread he(continues on next page)